The School Bullies
The School Bullies
By Elton Camp
When I was a child, we had a few of these
Tough, strong boys who did as they please
“You nerd, give your lunch money to me.
Refuse and you know what the result will be.”
Any resistance was likely to bring a black eye,
It usually was wiser to give in and not even try.
The bully was a coward and inwardly insecure
Really serious harm, nobody actually need fear
School bullies today are of a far different sort
They work in groups and to other tactics resort
By the hurtful things that they now have to say
They will take the victim’s self-respect all away
They continue to ridicule and the person to deride
So much that some of them have committed suicide
To basic human decency they’ve become betrayers
And, in actual fact, have transformed into manslayers
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